Securing device for vehicles



Feb. 15, 1927. r 1,617,368

'w. w. BLAKELY SECURING DEVICE FOR VEHICLES Filed Dec. 5, .1921

f W W Patented Feb. 15, 1927.

U E D" STATES? WILLIAM w. BLAKELY, or DETROIT, mamas.

sEcURINe DEVICE. FOR VEHICLES.

Application filed December 5, 1921. Serial No. 519,321

V This invention relates generally to. devices for securing articles ofmerchandise tosuitable supports and refers more particul'arly to devicesfor securing vehicles to the floor of a freight car or vessel, for safeshipment; T

The invention consists in the structural features and arrangement ofparts hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, whereinz Figure 1 is a viewin side elevationof the lowerportion of a'wheel, showing the improved securing device engaged 7therewith; I Figure 2 is a cross-section taken upon line 2-2 of Figure1; I r Figure 3 isian elevation .of the device transverse to that ofFigurel; Figure 4 is a top view of the wheel .engaging element.

In these views, the reference character 1 designates a wheel, the bodyof which is of the disk type, although the invention is equallyapplicable to any type of wheel. Said invention comprises a tie memberformed by arched rod or wire 2, a pair of attachment plates 3 carriedbyfoot portlons 4, formed terminally upon the legs of the arch 2, and awheel engaging plate 5, mounted loosely upon the upper end of the arch2. The plates 3 are each formed with a plurality of apertures 6,adapting said plates to be nailed to a floor such as is indicated at 7,and said plates are further formed with centrally located slots 8through which the foot portions 4 are loosely passed. Said foot portionsare produced by terminally return-bending the legs of the arch 2 andspreading the adjacent strands of each foot portion below thecorresponding plate 3 to produce a loop 4*, retaining said plate 111assembled relation with the arch 2. Also the two strands of each footmember may be sli htly diverged above the corresponding pIate 3 toprevent said plate slipping up upon the leg of the arch and sodisengaging from the foot portion thereof.

It is preferred to similarly bend the loops 4* at such an inclination"tothe legs of the arch 2 that they will lie flat beneath the plates 3,when the latter are secured to the protectthe threads of; the bolt.

said plate 5 loosely to the arch 2, openings .13 are' formed in thebottom-of the hooked thebolts1 0, connecting the rim 11 of the wheel v1to the body of saidwheehand having a hooked lower edge portion 11 toengage the top of the arched tie member2. Thenut 12' on the bolt 10,which during shipment of a vehicle, holds theplate 51in engagement withthe wheel 1, is formed with a-collar engaging within the opening 9 toportionll adjacent the opposed edges thereof, tongues let being formedbetween each opening 13 and'the adjacent edge, which tongues maybetemporarily deflected from their positions closing the openings 18, to

permit mounting of said plate upon the arch member. I

It is a feature of the described invention that the plate 5 securing thetie -member 2 to the Wheel hasconsiderable' freedom of movement withrespect to said tie member,

To secure permitting the secured vehicle to respond to shocks andvibration, incidental to travel, without unduly straining the floorfastenings of the arch member. Thus said plate may pivot upon the topportion of the tie member and may also move bodily to a limited extenteither transversely to the tie member, or parallelthereto in either ahori-. zontal' or vertical direction. movements of the vehicle in anydirection are taken care of by the loose mounting of the plate 5 uponthe tie member.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a vehicle securing device a tie member, means carried by one endthereof for securing said member to a floor, and a plate loosely mountedupon the other end thereof apertured to receive a bolt upon one of thevehicle wheels.

2. In a vehicle securing device, an arched tie member, comprising a topportion'and leg portions, means carried by said leg por tions forsecurin the tie member to a floor, and .a plate looseIy mounted upon thetop of the tie member apertured for engagement by a bolt of a wheel ofthe vehicle to be secured. V

3. In a} vehicle securing device, an arched tie member, comprising a topportion and Thus slight p leg portions, means carried by said legportions for securing the tie member to a floor, and a plate looselymounted upon the top of the tie member having a hooked lower and a plateloosely mounted upon the top of the tie member having a hooked lowerportion within which the top portion of the tie member is engaged, thebottom of the hook having openings adjacent its opposed edges to receivethe tie member, the iupper portion of the, plate being apertured forengagement by a :bolt of a wheel of the vehicle toflbe secured w 5. Thecombination with an article of v merchandise,- and ya support therefor,of

means for :holding the article vupon the sup: port including a returnbent tie member anchored upon the support, and a member secure-dto thearticle having an ope ihooked portion loosely connected to thereturn-bent portionofthetie member aforesaid. V

6. The ,combination with an .article' of merchandise, and a support(therefor, of means for holding the article upon the sup port includinga tie member secured .to the support, a headed element carried by thearticle, a nut on the headed element, and a member connected to the tiemember and apertured to receive the headed element and a portion of thenut. v

-. The combination wlth an article of merchandise, and a supporttherefor, of

means for holding the article upon the support including a tie membersecured to the support, a ;bolt carried: by the article, a plateconnected to the tie member and apertured .to vreceive the bolt, and anut on the bolt having a projection in the plate forprotectingthethreads of thcbolt.

8'. The combination with an article of n'ierchandise, a supporttherefor, of means for holding the. article upon the support :in-

attaching plate secured itozsaid' article hav ing a hooked portionprovided with spaced.

openings, and a \tie member rigidly secured to said supporthaving a loopport10n engaging the openings in .said plate.

In testimony whereof afliX my signature.

' WJELLIAM w. BLAKELrY-Q

